The Mint did offer a certificate of appreciation signed by Director Mary Brooks for returning $25 worth of cents.
Can't tell you much because it is from the era before I collect, but in the mid 1600's England, Ireland, and Scotland suffered from sever coin...
No. There is a law that says you can't MELT cent and non-silver five cent pieces, but you can chop them up beat them with a hammer, roll them...
Isn't that tune from Coca-Cola?
Yes it originated at the US mint but not as an item produced with any kind or authority. Coins are produced under legal authority, patterns are...
Press operator at cent press that is not running hand inserts nickel planchet betwee the dies. Cycles the press, retrieves the "error" from the bin.
It does in my copy (2014 p418) TYPES OF ERROR COINS Under defective die "Prices shown here are for coins with very noticeable, raised die-crack...
And that brings you back to ebay, about the only place you can present your coin to a lot of collectors directly. They will offer you more than...
Yep all the 2015 Presidents, and Reagan, but they are skipping Nixon and Ford for some reason.
And even if they have interest for awhile and then it fades away, for a significant percentage of them they will return to the hobby later in...
The law, in general does NOT forbid living people from appearing on the coins. The State quarter, ATB and President dollar legislations...
The high areas on the coin are the DEEPEST depressions in the die. As the surface of the die is polished away the shallowest depressions in the...
Someone needs to take that razor away from Occam before he winds up damaging a real one one of these days. :)
True by you will have a problem finding one graded MS. Maybe from NGC or one of the lesser services. If you get lucky you might find an older...
Same as with any coin, by wear. A planchet has its own form of "luster" and the raised rims are the high points. As a planchet receives wear...
I would think they would be continued on his aide (after all isn't that why he's there, to carry his generals things?). Continue them on the next...
I don't know how well the Ellis Island will translate to a coin. Typically straight on building images do not work well on coins
Do you leave immediate positive feedback as soon as you have paid? Or do you wait to see if the coin is as described to see of you are happy with...
They exist, here's what one looks like. (It's not the only design.) [IMG]
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